Baby girl born as Four Corners town reports source
County news lists a Dec 3 birth to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Scheiber. local events include school No. 8 opening with Luella Jones as teacher, social at Glotfelty property, church meetings, and community plans. Neighbors and travelers visit, and residents prepare for winter activities.
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Four Corners
Charles Scheiber
Luella Jones
Pleasant Plain
Joseph Bureker
Brighton
N. Glauzman
Jacob Faber
Fairfield
Singing school continues at Center chapel week
Woolson and Blackhawk December 5 report Mr Hootman will lead next Saturday’s singing school at Center chapel. E S Luce of Parsons college says he organized the school and due to his pony loss has asked Hootman to finish the term. Each lesson costs about twelve cents plus fifty cents for the book.
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E. S. Luce
Hootman
Effie McCarty
Brighton
Wm. Crumley
Pliny McCracken
Pleasant Plain
Richwoods and Germanville Farm Roundup
Dec 5 Nice weather may let farmers finish corn harvest in a week. Charles Messer reported corn yields averaging a hundred bushels per acre. Adam Linn lost a fine cow last week. Joe Miller and Co. to start winter sawing. Will Craft hosts butter maker Charles Kunchzen and guests. Creamery is shut for now and unsure when it will reopen. Will Shafer and Mrs Messer visited. P W Diers had a horse cut in wires. Harold Craff improving. Mike Craff and daughter May visited Fairfield. Alvin Kneer and daughter spent Sunday with Bernard Diers family.
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Richwoods
Germanville
Charles Messer
Adam Linn
Joe Miller & Co
Will Craft
Charles Kunchzen
Will Shafer
P. W. Diers
Harold Craff
Mike Craff
May
Fairfield
Alvin Kneer
Bernard Diers
Libertyville notices and visits report local events
Libertyville reports travel to Brighton and Des Moines for the implement dealers convention. The Presbyterian ladies plan a Merchants Fair at the R of P hall on December 14 with chicken pie dinner and oysters. Numerous residents visit relatives and conduct business locally.
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Libertyville
W. A. Fulton
Brighton
H. C. Rauscher
Des Moines
The
Presbyterian Church
R. of P. Hall
Ellen Stanberry
Fairfield
Hattie Fell
Batavia
A. C. Ruard
Oxford
Neb
S. H. Watkins
Clara Wolff
Grace Leppo
Pleasant Plain
Eli Emry
Richland
Ernest Bates
C. P. Hague
J. S. McKenney
Lélie Clinkenbeard
Elm Grove Notes Details From December Roundup
Elm Grove reports Edward Ramsay injured by a hog but with a painful yet not serious wound. Fred Kracht moves to Fairfield. Neighbors husk corn in large numbers while interest in the Tribune corn contest remains tepid. Thomas Herriott, Iowa’s champion corn husker, finished husking and heads to Illinois.
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Elm Grove
Edward Ramsay
Fred Kracht
Fairfield
Jerry Stone
Junkin Brothers
E. W. Woolums
P. J. Kennedy
Crowe Bros
Packwood
Geo. Schlief
Wm. Tait
Tribune
Thomas Herriott
Iowa
Illinois
Herriott
Trimming the Tree on a Small Christmas Budget
The Pittsburg Press suggests decorating a Christmas tree for under two dollars with emphasis on color and effect. Use silver tinsel popcorn holly berries and inexpensive ornaments like Japanese lanterns open parasols and small cake animals. Add bells hearts stars and paper figures suspended from the branches for an ornate, thrifty display.
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Pittsburg Press
Bristol
TIME BEFORE CHRISTMAS INSPIRES DECEMBER SPIRIT
December brings a distinct anticipation as the month opens. The Indianapolis News notes how the season's mood grows from within, with shops alight, people preparing with cheer, and a shared sense of unselfish joy ahead of Christmas.
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Indianapolis News
Bilious Colic Prevented by Chamberlain Remedy
Advert says a double dose at first signs of illness can ward off an attack. Hundreds report success using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. For sale by Kramme. Dec.
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Kramme
Electric Bitters Promises Relief For Nervous System Ailments
Revolutionary tonic touted to curb nervousness sleeplessness and stomach upsets. Claims to tone stomach regulate kidneys and bowels stimulate liver and cleanse blood with thorough effectiveness. Satisfaction guaranteed by Shriner and Swayze druggists and return offered if not perfect.
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Shriner & Swayze
Druggists
Dec
How to Mail Christmas Gifts
Weigh the package by a responsible person and affix exact postage. Address with full city and state in ink, no abbreviations, and place your name in small writing in the corner. Ensure the parcel reaches its destination safely and promptly in most cases.
Perfumes as Disinfectants in Historical Medical Practice
The article notes that workers among lavender beds and perfumery traders were unusually free from infectious ailments. It recalls that perfumes were once regarded as excellent disinfectants and describes doctors carrying vinaigrette boxes with scented contents to sniff on entering rooms with contagious disease.
A Costly Mistake
Blunders are costly and life may be at risk, as the ad promotes Dr King s New Life Pills for dyspepsia dizziness headache liver and bowel troubles. The remedy is described as gentle yet thorough and priced at 25 cents at Shriner and Swayze s drug store. December.
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Dr. King
Shriner & Swayze
Hurried editor seeks help as list of last year's deadly transport incidents grows
Life in New York shows an editor asking for help to compile a year end death tally from electric cars cabs wagons subway explosions and gas and electric wires. He laments that the task will take a month as staffers Binks Scribbler and Leader are busy downstairs gathering names.
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New York
Binks
Scribbler
Leader
New York Weekly
Christmas Plum Pudding Tradition and Beliefs
Christmas plum pudding is a long standing English dish dating back to the eighteenth century and possibly a Hanover era symbol of the Wise Men's offerings. A separate note touts Dr King's New Discovery for consumption with a Beall Mississippi testimonial claiming cure after four bottles. Trials offered free.
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House of Hanover
Dr. King
T. R. Beall
Beall
Miss
Shriner & Swayze
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